Getting into the Swing of Things Getting into the Swing of Things
Swing Semester's Anima La Voy talks about how she's trying to get progressive youth to swing the nation.
Sep 11, 2008 / The Nation
Kabobfest Culture Kabobfest Culture
Blogging isn't easy. Just ask May Alhassen, one of several contributors to a mostly Arab-American blog.
Sep 11, 2008 / The Nation
Feminism We Can Believe In Feminism We Can Believe In
The entire Palin Phenomenon is so transparent and craven and crassly designed to make the media chase its own tail, that I've been attempting to exercise restraint in my Palin blo...
Sep 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Looking Forward, Rather Than Backward, on Another 9-11 Looking Forward, Rather Than Backward, on Another 9-11
The various speeches, statements, pronouncements and pontifications by the president and the political class arrayed around him on this seventh anniversary of the September 11, 20...
Sep 11, 2008 / John Nichols
Seven Years Seven Years
I don't have anything particularly eloquent to say today, though I do wonder if the sudden turn from the idiocy of the campaign to the solemn memorialization of 9/11 will spark a ...
Sep 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
My Sarah Palin Obsession My Sarah Palin Obsession
My name is Jon, and I'm addicted to Sarah Palin. I read everything I can about her. I watch TV, hoping Wolf Blitzer will say something about her. I get irritable waiting for the...
Sep 11, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Invading Pakistan, Expanding the War Invading Pakistan, Expanding the War
The Times reports today that President Bush gave an order in July allowing US Special Forces "to carry out ground assaults inside Pakistan without the prior approval of the Pakist...
Sep 11, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Truth Can Move Us Forward The Truth Can Move Us Forward
We suffer not only from the loss of innocent life on 9/11, but because the attacks became the rationale for an unjust war. It's time to face the truth.
Sep 10, 2008 / Dennis Kucinich
What’s Your Obama Tax Cut? What’s Your Obama Tax Cut?
According to a recent Gallup poll, fifty-three percent of Americans expect their federal income taxes to increase if Barack Obama is elected president. The truth: The Democratic ...
Sep 10, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Nation Notes Nation Notes
We are pleased to note several additions to our masthead.
Sep 10, 2008 / The Editors